This massive boxset collection of films directed by F.W. Murnau and Frank Borzage for Fox Film Corporation includes twelve DVD discs stored in die-cut pockets and two full-size books. Impressive and heavy, the set is also an envy-invoking ego boost to own.

This collection of F.W. Murnau’s and Frank Borzage’s films directed for Fox Film Corporation in the latter years of the silent era and in the dawn of Movietone sound films is heavy on Borzage and light on Murnau, with only two Murnau films on disc and a full-size book on his lost film 4 Devils (1928).

Some collectors have reported scuffed discs that are packaged in die-cut pockets within the binder, and problems playing the double-sided 7th Heaven/The River disc. This disc packaging choice has been a disturbing trend in larger boxsets like this one and the plastic-slipcased Hitchcock collection with their die-cut disc pockets within stiff cardboard pages. Our own copy of this set has presented no playback problems with the discs on a Panasonic BD player. Others have complained that the set is bulky at seven pounds and hard to handle, with its large binder and two full-size books.